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Listen	John Zarobell on Claes Oldenburg's sculptures Curator John Zarobell discusses artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen's monumental sculptures of everyday objects. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's…	June 2010	Claes Oldenburg
Listen	John Zarobell on Oldenburg's small-scale studies Curator John Zarobell discusses the small-scale studies by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen in the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile…	June 2010	Claes Oldenburg
Listen	John Zarobell on The Store Curator John Zarobell discusses artist Claes Oldeburg's guerrila art action, The Store. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Claes Oldenburg
Listen	Gary Garrels discusses Sigmar Polke's mythical paintings Curator Gary Garrels discusses artist Sigmar Polke's series of five paintings entitled The Spirits That Lend Strength Are Invisible. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile,…	June 2010	Sigmar Polke
Listen	Robert Storr on understanding Gerhard Richter Curator Robert Storr on the early photo paintings by artist Gerhard Richter. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Gerhard Richter
Listen	John Zarobell on Ed Ruscha Curator John Zarobell on the relationship between artist Ed Ruscha's silhouette paintings and his signature text paintings. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's…	June 2010	Ed Ruscha
Listen	Tom Marioni and Richard Serra on Serra's Prop pieces Artist Tom Marioni speaks about his first encounter with Richard Serra's prop pieces, and Serra offers his own take on the peculiar physical quality of these works. Part of Making…	June 2010	Richard Serra
Listen	Richard Serra on his use of steel Artist Richard Serra considers his long history with his most common material: steel. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Richard Serra
Listen	SFMOMA curators on Joel Shapiro Curators John Zarobell and Gary Garrels discuss the work of sculptor Joel Shapiro. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Joel Shapiro
Listen	Michael Kimmelman on Wayne Thiebaud Critic Michael Kimmelman considers painter Wayne Thiebaud's range of subjects and his relationship to the Impressionists. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld…	June 2010	Wayne Thiebaud
Listen	Wayne Thiebaud's cityscapes Artist Wayne Thiebaud and critic Michael Kimmelman discuss Thiebaud's seemingly impossible San Francisco cityscapes. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld…	June 2010	Wayne Thiebaud
Listen	Gary Garrels on Cy Twombly Curator Gary Garrels gives an introduction to the work of Cy Twombly and discusses the artist's interest in antiques. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld…	June 2010	Cy Twombly
Listen	Gary Garrels on the evolution of Twombly's paintings Curator Gary Garrels discusses artist Cy Twombly's growth as a painter and the ways his work changed over time. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld…	June 2010	Cy Twombly
Listen	Jeff Wall on creating Tattoos and Shadows Artist Jeff Wall describes the making of Tattoos and Shadows. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Jeff Wall
Listen	Jeff Wall on creating "staged" photographs Artist Jeff Wall explains the parallels between filmmaking and his own artistic process. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Jeff Wall
Listen	About Andy Warhol A brief introduction to the infamous Pop artist Andy Warhol. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Andy Warhol
Listen	Marc Huestis on Andy Warhol and celebrity Cultural impresario Marc Huesis discusses artist Andy Warhol's obsession with celebrity and branding. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Andy Warhol
Listen	Gary Garrels on Sigmar Polke Curator Gary Garrels discusses the experimental qualities of artist Sigmar Polke's work. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Sigmar Polke
Listen	Joel Shapiro's materials Curator John Zarobell discusses sculptor Joel Shapiro's surprising use of materials. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Joel Shapiro
Listen	John Baldessari in his own words Curator John Zarobell and artist John Baldessari discuss the artist's use of appropriated imagery. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	John Baldessari
Listen	Gary Garrels on Georg Baselitz Curator Gary Garrels considers the ways Germany's post-World War II identity crisis influenced the work of Georg Baselitz. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's…	June 2010	Georg Baselitz
Listen	Gary Garrels on Georg Baselitz's upside-down subjects Curator Gary Garrels on the upside-down figures in Georg Baselitz's later works. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Georg Baselitz
Listen	Alison Gass on Louise Bourgeois's Spiders Curator Alison Gass considers spider imagery in the work of Louise Bourgeois. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Louise Bourgeois
Listen	Gary Garrels on Alexander Calder's mobiles Curator Gary Garrels discusses the invention of mobiles by Alexander Calder. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Alexander Calder
Listen	Jean-Paul Sartre on Alexander Calder's mobiles Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre on the qualities of Alexander Calder's mobiles. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Alexander Calder
Listen	Gary Garrels on Alexander Calder's stabiles Curator Gary Garrels introduces another facet of Alexander Calder's work — large, organic sculptures he called stabiles. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's…	June 2010	Alexander Calder
Listen	Alexander Calder's static stabiles Curator Gary Garrels discusss the physical presence of Alexander Calder's stabiles. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Alexander Calder
Listen	Alexander Calder on his series Constellations Hear an excerpt of artist Alexander Calder's writings on his celestial series, Constellations. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Alexander Calder
Listen	Chuck Close on his artistic process Artist Chuck Close talks about using the grid as a tool for image making. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Chuck Close
Listen	Chuck Close on experimentation Artist Chuck Close discusses how and why he experiments with such a wide range of techniques. Part of Making Sense of Modern Art Mobile, SFMOMA's handheld multimedia tour.	June 2010	Chuck Close

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